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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Town Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Town Creek:
    • 39.631479, -78.565015
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Town Creek
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
    • Since Town Creek is near Morgan County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Town Creek

Communities Also Named Town Creek ...

We found eight communities that are also named Town Creek.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Town Creek.

Beyond Maryland, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Saint Mary's County
      • This Town Creek is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Town Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lawrence County
      • This Town Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Town Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Town Creek is located in Gilmer County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Town Creek.
      • Union County
      • This Town Creek is located in Union County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km] to the southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Town Creek.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Town Creek [Elko County].
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Town Creek is located in Brunswick County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the south of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Town Creek.
      • Wilson County
      • This Town Creek is located in Wilson County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the south of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Town Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Town Creek is located in Claiborne County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Town Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Town Creek ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Dans Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dans Run is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dans Run
  • Dickens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dickens is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
  • Green Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Green Ridge is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Green Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Green Spring is located in Hampshire County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Jerome
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerome is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Little Cacapon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Cacapon is located in Hampshire County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cacapon
  • Magnolia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Pleasant Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pumpkin Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Rush
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rush is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
  • Twiggtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Twiggtown is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggtown
  • Yonkers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Yonkers is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers

How Far From Town Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Town Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Town Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Town Creek and extending to:

  • Cumberland, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Town Creek to Cumberland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Town Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Town Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Town Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Town Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Town Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6315, Longitude: -78.5650       In this case, the coordinates for Town Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.757 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.537 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.089 degrees.